Definitions

Postantennal process

• (Taxon-specific: Subclass Copepoda) A paired, ventral sclerite modified to form a spinoform, tapering process located on the ventral surface of the cephalothorax in some siphonostomatoids (e.g. Caligidae) and poecilostome cyclopoids (e.g. Taeniachanthide). [Boxshall and Halsey, 2004]

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